TYCROP Trailers · Payload & Profit Estimator

How much more money
can you haul?

Aluminum runs lighter — so you carry more payload on every trip, and that's money straight into your pocket. Answer a few quick questions and find out exactly how much.

Takes ~30 seconds · a few quick questions

Crunching your numbers…

Reading your load…

Live calculator — change anything, the numbers update instantly

1 Your trailer

TYCROP Trailer model

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2 Your load

What are you hauling? iProduct density decides everything. Dense loads (gravel, sand) hit the legal weight limit while the box is half-empty — that's where a lighter trailer wins big. Light loads (wood chips) fill the box first, so you "cube out."

Pay rate iWhat you (or your customer) get paid per ton hauled. Use your real rate to see real dollars.

$ / ton

3 Your operation

One-way distance

km

Tractor / truck weight iThe empty weight of your truck/tractor. It counts against the legal limit too.

lb

Driving hours / day

h

Working days / year

d

Trips per day are estimated from distance, an average road speed, and time to load/unload — all editable in Assumptions.

4 Compare vs a heavier trailer

Competitor empty weight iA heavier-built (e.g. all-steel) competitor. Every extra pound of their trailer is a pound of cargo you can carry that they can't — on dense loads.

lb

Defaults to your TYCROP Trailer + 4,000 lb. Set your real competitor's weight.

Competitor box volume iA heavier-built trailer often has a smaller usable box. On light, bulky loads that fill up by volume, your TYCROP Trailer's bigger box is the win instead of weight.

ft³

Defaults to ~8% less than your TYCROP Trailer's box. Set the real figure if known.

Extra maintenance on the lighter trailer iIf a customer says "the heavy one never breaks," put their feared extra repair cost per year here — and watch the extra payload pay for it many times over.

$ / yr

⚙︎ Assumptions & constants (edit for accuracy)›

⚠ These are reasonable placeholders for the demo. Confirm the real legal limit and operating numbers with Alan, then they're locked in.

Legal max gross combined weight iMax legal weight of truck + trailer + cargo on the road. Varies by jurisdiction & axle config. ~140,000 lb (63,500 kg) is a common Canadian highway max for multi-axle configs.

lb

Average road speed

km/h

Load + unload time per trip

h

Extra profit per year vs. the heavier trailer

$0

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Profit advantage

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Your TYCROP Trailer

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Payload per trip

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Trips per day

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Gross revenue / day

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Gross revenue / year

How we got these numbers

Trips/day is calculated, not assumed — change the distance, hours, road speed or load/unload time and it updates. Speed & load/unload time live in Assumptions.

Payload per trip — TYCROP Trailers vs. competitor

TYCROP Trailers

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Competitor

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3-year payload advantage

$0

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How is this calculated?

The legal limit caps your total weight. Cargo you can legally carry = legal max − truck − trailer tare. A lighter trailer leaves more room for paid cargo.

But density decides if that matters. What actually loads is the smaller of: what fits by weight, and what fits by volume (box volume × density). Dense product → you "weight out" and the light trailer wins. Light product → you "cube out" and volume is the limit.

Trips per day are derived, not assumed. Round-trip time = distance × 2 ÷ road speed + load/unload time; trips/day = driving hours ÷ round-trip time, rounded down to whole trips. Change the distance, daily hours, road speed or load/unload time and the trips update.

Then it's just money: tons × $/ton × trips/day × working days/year. The advantage line is the extra tons a lighter trailer carries, turned into dollars over a year and three years.